Cakes & Pies

Saturday evening we were invited to a friends’ place for a dinner to celebrate my friend’s birthday. As they were about to prepare the dish, a cake was a on me. What shall I bake? We are in the middle of autumn, so I wanted to do something seasonal. Hard decision …

Plums symbolize the end of summer for me. Something like that the holidays are over and so is the fooling around our garden full of fruits, except plums! These always come around end of August. And so I am now enjoying them as much as I can. If you love plums like me …

Again, I am late in posting this recipe as I have been busy having holidays and enjoying summer outside, but I have had this recipe written down and pics ready since more than a month. But I still want you to try these yummy and easy Peach & Lemon Balm Syrup …

Another recipe of strawberry season is here! These cute little cheesecakes are inspired by a recipe from the most creative French “pâtissier” Christophe Michalak. I have been searching for the most beautiful and tasty looking recipe for strawberry mini cheesecakes until I discovered Michalak’s recipe on one French blog. These are wonderful as …

And here we go with another upside-down cake, inspired by the French recipes. After the Renversed Almond Cake with Nectarines I come with a Strawberry fondant. It is a delicious cake baked upside down. Strawberries cooked shortly with sugar come to the bottom of the baking pan, covered by the almond and …

Here is my favorite apple dessert (well, it used to be until I discovered tarte tatin of course 😉 ). Delicious „Apfelstrudel“ or Apple Strudel is originally from Austria although it is very popular in other European countries too.  It is a perfect autumn and winter treat – in my country of …

I adore chocolate! The dark one with a high percentage of cocoa. It is plenty of antioxidants and it is good for your mood. There are millions of recipes for chocolate cakes, but this is my favorite one. This Chocolate-Banana Fondant Cake is a lighter and healthier version of the classic …